Oscar De La Hoya On Zepeda’s Loss To Stevenson: “Ratings Were Off”

Marketing Expert Oscar De La Hoya asserts he assumed “the scores were off” for his boxer William Zepeda’s 12 -rounded consentaneous option loss to WBC light-weight champ Shakur Stevenson (24 -0, 11 KOs) last Saturday night in Queens, New York City City. De La Hoya still thinks Shakur fought good to be qualified to the victory.

Why Scores Truly really felt Off?

Oscar kept in mind that Zepeda (33 – 1, 27 KOs) conquered the task in the first fifty percent of the fight, yet after that Shakur began in the 2nd fifty percent. De La Hoya really did not supply his concepts on exactly how he acquired the battle.

Lots of followers really felt that Zepeda had actually done enough to win every one of the initial 6 rounds. The implies the courts acquired the fight, they concentrated on headshots and disregarded Zepeda’s bodywork and quantity boxing. It’s simply exactly how courts are enlightened. A great deal of them overlook body punching totally and anticipate headshots just.

“It was a good battle. Ball games were off, yet Shakur did his thing. The first fifty percent was Zepeda. The second fifty percent was Shakur. You have to offer it approximately him,” specified Eddie Hearn to Battle Center , responding to his rival, William Zepeda, shedding to Shakur Stevenson last Saturday evening.

“It was backward and forward. It was a terrific show. It’s back to the attracting board, yet one loss is absolutely nothing. One loss to a really excellent boxer like Shakur does not suggest anything. You bounce back from it. That’s what boxing is,” De La Hoya asserted pertaining to Zepeda.

De La Hoya fails to mention that the flaws that Zepeda revealed versus Shakur resembled what he would definitely received his 2 razor-close fights versus Tevin Farmer. Zepeda obtains struck a great deal with headshots that land neat and thrill the courts.

What Were Zepeda’s Battle Flaws?

1. Easy to strike with headshots
2. Focusing excessive on body boxing: The courts do not acquire strikes to the body the means they completed with headshots. They commonly have a tendency to neglect body boxing when acquiring rounds unless a rival is noticeably harmed.
3. Insufficient power on quantity shots: Zepeda’s power isn’t appropriate with his high-output attacks to outweight the judge-pleasing headshots from competitors like Shakur and Farmer.

“He [Zepeda] tossed a whole lot even more strikes, but the one thing concerning Shakur is the strikes he lands, they’re extremely effective. So, those are terrific for the racking up. I assume generally, it was a good fight. It was an additional terrific experience for Zepeda. You expand and learn. That’s it,” stated De La Hoya.

Where Zepeda quit working was remaining close sufficient to Stevenson to reach his head with his strikes. The majority of ‘El Camaron’ Zepeda’s shots were shedding because of the truth that Shakur was leaning backwards a great deal of the minute. William can have treated this difficulty by obtaining closer prior to targeting the head.

One more concern that Zepeda had was Shakur’s holding. He really did not work out the clinches like numerous other competitors do, that are enlightened to take care of people that hold. Zepeda meekly enabled Stevenson to connect him up as opposed to battling cost-free or striking him while being held. He may have done either of these factors. That’s a training issue for Zepeda.